This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Thanks, Mr . Wyatt, and all others who replied to this thread! They = want to take one of the old ones out to the street, and paint it red, = white and blue to show our patriotism to the world, and these two are = the ones that we have at the moment. The other choice was to sledge = hammer them both, so I decided maybe to take one of them , to save it = from eternal destruction. The French has a nicer cabinet. Clark ----- Original Message -----=20 From: JWyatt1492@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 12:05 PM Subject: Re: Old Uprights Hello Clark,=20 Of the two pianos that you refer to for rebuilding=20 the Jesse French is a far better choice with everything=20 being equal.=20 The French and the K. Campbell Co. had two quite=20 different mind sets in building pianos. K&C was a=20 holding Co. that bought many brand names. And built=20 pianos under those names for the mass market.=20 Jesse French on the other had one factory and=20 built a piano under that name. They built other names=20 but in that factory. Their second line piano was Lagonda=20 this was done so they could offer a lower priced piano=20 than the Jesse French to their dealers.=20 The scale ' C ' was their most popular upright.=20 The W.N.G. action was used in most of their pianos and=20 most used the " Norris " pedal system.=20 Jesse French upr. # 70526 was such a piano. =20 It had 10 singles and 16 double strings in the bass.=20 As a side note, the back of the sharps was shaped=20 the same as the front on most pianos.=20 The K&Campbell is a far better known piano but=20 in fact it was not never intended to be of the quality=20 as the J. French.=20 There are upr. pianos whose potential is greater than=20 the J. French of course the Bush & Lane is my top=20 choice followed closely by the Thomas Loud. Then=20 it would go to specific scales in other pianos such=20 as the ' G ' Mason & Hamlin. =20 =20 Hope this helps,=20 Jack Wyatt =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/95/df/7d/68/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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